Advertising device



Aug. 4, 1931. GQDELI 1,816,899

' ADVERTI S ING DEVICE Filed April 4. 1929 /3 L J1 A ,4 PJCIURE E5/760054. I Z

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itented Aug. 4, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HOWARD I. GODEL, OF PORTLAND, OREGONADVERTISING DEVICE Application filed April 4, 1929. Serial No. 352,347.

fly invention relates to advertising dees in which a projector, and anautomatily operated, endless film are enclosed in a r; and in which atranslucent screen con- :utes the front wall of the box.

[he objects of my invention are to pro- :e an advertising device whichis simple construct; which will give a great numof pictures oradvertisements or both; ich will operate automatically; which canattached to any light socket; which can used in any show window, hotellobby, iting room, bank, store, or any other place public assembly; andwhich will surely atct the attention of any passer-by. )ther objects andadvantages are to be 1nd in the construction and arrangements parts aswill be described in the specifican and particularly pointed out in theapided claims.

I attain these objects with the mechanism lstrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in ich:

Pig. 1 is a front View of my advertising de- 1g. 2 is a plan view withthe top removed. ig. 3 is an elevation with the side wall reved.

iimilar numerals refer to similar parts oughout the several views.

The box 1 is preferably enlarged toward the nt end and narrowed downtoward the 1' end. A translucent screen 2 constitutes front wall of thebox 1. Within the box ind at the rear end thereof is a projectoriprising a housing 3, a light globe/1, and a s 5. An endless film 6passes in the conltional manner through the housing 3 besen the lightglobe 4, and the lens 5. unted in the housing 3 are two'film gears whichengage the film 6 with their teeth. mounted in the housing 3 is amutilated .r 8 which engages the film gear 7 inter- ;tently.

)utside the housing 3, but still within the 1 is a small motor 9 withworm 10 and mm wheel 11 which drive the mutilated .r 8. The ratio of theteeth on the muti- 5d gear 8 to the teeth on the film gear 7 :uch that anew picture will be produced top toward the bottom, said endless stripwith each revolution of the mutilated gear 8, said picture thenremaining exposed to view until the mutilated gear 8 has completedanother revolution.

Each portion of the film 6 travels past the lens 5, then underneath thehorizontal roller 12, and making a half turn at the bottom of the box 1proceeds in zig-zag formation across the width of the box 1, around theupright rollers 13 toward one of the front corners, where, again makinga half turn, said film 6 proceeds below the horizontal roller 14:upwardly and parallel to the front wall of the box 1 to the horizontalroller 15 on top. After passing said roller 15, said film 6 pro ceedsparallel to the top of the box 1 to the horizontal roller 16 atthe rearof the box 1 and then again past the lens 5.

Since the front wall of the box 1 is approximately twelve inches squareand the length is four feet more or less, the deviation of the top runof the film 6 will be considerably less than is shown in the drawingsand can therefore easily be cured, either by a suitable alinement of thetop rollers 15 and 16 or in any other manner, as for instance by aguiding pin 17. It is clear that by the zigzag alinement of the film onthe bottom of the box a very long strip of film can be accommo dated insaid box, and a great number of pictures can be shown, providing thus along continued and fascinating spectacle for passers-by.

Having thus described my invention, it will be seen that my objects havebeen accomplished and though I have shown the preferred form ofconstruction, I reserve to myself the right to make minor changes.

I claim:

1. In an advertising device, the combination of a box, a translucentscreen in the front wall of the box, a projector at the rear wall withinthe box, and an endless strip of films passing through the projectorfrom the of film making a half turn at the bottom of the box and thenproceeding in zig-zag formation and in vertical alinement along thebottom of the box, making a half turn near a front corner of the box,then proceeding 3 2 v j T 1,816,899

along the front wall of said box and parallel to the screen toward thetop, and thence proceeding parallel to the top toward the projector andthen enterin the projector.

2. In an advertising device, the combination of a box, a translucentscreen in the front wall of the box, a projector at the rear wall withinthe box, and an endless strip of film passing through the projector fromthe top toward the bottom, said endless strip of film proceeding in avertical plane and zig-zag formation across the width of the box andalong the bottom of said box toward one front corner, and thenproceeding parallel to the front wall of the box, and then arallel tothe top wall of the box toward t e projector and into said projector.

3. In an advertising device, the combination of a box, a translucentscreen in the front I wall of the box, a projector at the rear wallwithin the box, and an endless strip of films passing through theprojector, a horizontal roller below the projector, a pluralityof'upright rollersdisposed in zig-zag formation along the bottom of thebox, a horizontal roller in one front corner of the box and at thebottom thereof, a horizontal roller in one top corner of the box abovethe bottom roller, and one horizontalroller above the projector, allsaid rollers guiding the strip of films in- 1 front of the projectorwithout interfering with the screening of the films.

4. In an advertising device the combination of a box, a translucentscreen the front wall of the box, a projector at therear wall within thebox, and an endless strip of film passing through the projector, saidprojector comprising a film gear engaging said strip of filmcontinuously, a mutilated gear engaging the film gear intermittently anda motor with a worm drive rotating the mutilated gear continuously, anda plurality of upright rollers receiving the film from the projector andguiding said films in zig-zag formation along the bottom of the box.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. HOWARD F. GODEL.

